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Calliandra comosa (Sw.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Calliandra Benth.

Calliandra comosa (Sw.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Anneslia comosa (Sw.)Britton & Rose {Synonym}
    Feuilleea comosa (Sw.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Inga comosa (Sw.)Willd. {Synonym}
    Mimosa comosa Sw. {Synonym}
    Pithecolobium comosum Benth. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [1056]; Jamaica (N) [2918]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2918]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2918] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [2918] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2918] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Barneby RC & Forero E ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

2918.

  Barneby, R.C., 1998
    Mem.N.Y.Bot.Gard.74(3).Silk Tree,Guanacaste,Monkey's Earring
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